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She is 6 years old and we just moved and she has almost ruined our back door trying to see us leave since she can't she gets her mouth full of water and goes to door and spits the water on our bamboo floor and scratches. We have tried medication to calm her, turned on radio and or tv while we are gone so far nothing. We even tried crating her and she almost destroyed it. Any suggestions? We have been at new house for 3.5 months no changes.

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My dog trainer suggested this and it worked for my 2 year old cocker spaniel, plus my previous cocker as well.Do not make a fuss about leaving your dog...don't pet or say anything to dog. Go out the door, walk away fromthe door...wait about 4 minutes and go back inside the house. If dog gets all excited, do not pay any attention to dogwait until dog calms down and then pet him. If you pet while dog is excited, you are rewarding dog for that behavior.Later in the day, go out again, do the same routine but stay out for about 8 minutes and return doing the same routine of ignoring dog until he calms down. You must do this several times, each time staying out for longer periods of time.Do this over a few days. Dog learns that even though you leave him, you do return...so there is no need for him toget upset. To this day, my dog is fine being separated from me and when I return to the house, I totally ignore himuntil he calms down which is happening a lot sooner now. If you act excited, so will your dog.Good luck....

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This is a difficult problem and I have seen it many times in my 25+ years of dog training. However, there is a new thing called the "Thunder Shirt" honestly, I thought it was a gimmick, just another scam, but while helping another trainer at her dog training kennel, she had a client buy them for the two dogs she was boarding there. These two dogs were constantly whining and barking and totally disrupting the entire kennel for the first 3 weeks they were there. After she bought the thunder shirts and put them on.( sort of as a last resort) both dogs were calm and quiet. I wouldn't have believed it if I hadn't seen it for myself. Give it a try. If that dosnt work, call a reputable dog trainer/behavorist in your area.

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Thank you for your question. I forwarded it on to our in-house veterinary staff and this is the message they sent me:

Separation anxiety is a real condition in dogs. This person needs to seek the advice of a veterinarian that specializes in modifying this behavior. Prescription medication may be needed.Here is a link that may help: http://www.peteducation.com/article...

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Puppys are used to being near the beating hearts of their mother and littermates, it seems a bit odd to us, but you can actually simulate this by getting an old style wind up clock (like the Baby Ben) wind it up and put it next to the crate, even have against the crate.(but never in the crate) the ticking will seem like a heart beet to the puppy, and may help to comfort him.

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Will she enter the crate on her own during the day? Does she have something soft to sleep on and sleep with?

When we brought our puppy home, we took a towel to have the breeder rub on the momma dog, and let Shadow sleep with that, so that she had something familiar to sleep with. Oh and yes, I spoil her, so that first night, I slept on the floor next to the crate LOL

Please don't ever force a puppy into the crate, either. Perhaps you could investigate the Calming Collars that they sell here? I have one for my Siamese who is terrified of thunderstorms and it really helps her to stay calm.

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Just drill your own holes in the sides of carrier and add metal screws and bolts to hold securely in place. That is what the airline told me I had to do to be allowed to let our pet ride in the climate-controlled are of the airplane.

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